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From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity

James Jones

5.0 (2)

When he finished packing, he walked out on to the third-floor porch of the barracks brushing the dust from his hands, a very neat and deceptively slim young man in the summer khakis that were still early morning fresh.

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The Black Sheep

The Black Sheep

Honoré de Balzac

4.0 (2)

In the year 1792 the townsfolk of Issoudun were fortunate enough to have a doctor of the name of Rouget, who had the reputation of being an extremely wily man.

#232
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The Man Without Qualities

The Man Without Qualities

Robert Musil

4.0 (2)

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The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh

Samuel Butler

3.67 (3)

When I was a small boy at the beginning of the century I remember an old man who wore knee-breeches and worsted stockings, and who used to hobble about the street of our village with the help of a stick. He must have been getting on for eighty in the year 1807, earlier than which date I suppose I can hardly remember him, for I was born in 1802.

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The Wapshot Chronicle

The Wapshot Chronicle

John Cheever

4.0 (2)

St. Botolphs was an old place, an old river town.

#235
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Going native

Going native

Stephen Wright

4.0 (3)

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The Charterhouse of Parma

The Charterhouse of Parma

Stendhal

3.33 (3)

Le 15 mai 1796, le général Bonaparte fit son entrée dans Milan à la tête de cette jeune armée qui venait de passer le pont de Lodi, et d'apprendre au monde qu'après tant de siècles César et Alexandre avaient un successeur.

#237
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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Heinrich Böll

3.0 (3)

Für den folgenden Bericht gibt es einige Neben- und drei Hauptquellen, die hier am Anfang einmal genannt, dann aber nicht mehr erwähnt werden.

#238
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

4.25 (4)

William Shakespeare's date of birth is not precisely known, but it probably preceded his baptism on April 26, 1564, in Stratfordon-Avon, by only a few days.

#239
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